A stroke of luck

Imagine how happy I was to hear that since spare parts for my malfunctioning trusty Canon S1 camera were not coming in till February, that Canon was actually replacing it! And - not with the same 3.2 MP model, but a spanking new Canon S3, which is 6 MP, and has a whopping 12-time zoom. It costs $799. Whoa! And this happens a week after I buy a new Ixus 6MP gadget... which will stay in my handbag, thank you very much. We went to Vivocity to collect it, and boy, what a huge shopping complex that is. You name it, they've got it. We managed to walk around only one floor before we called it quits. A delightful bookshop by the name of Page One was discovered. A very interestingly designed shop, they sold my Oprah magazine for only $8.40; $4.20 less than Borders. We had dinner at a place called Terra, Pet had a BLT, soup and ice cream for $9.90 and I had a sirloin steak, soup and icecream for $14.90. Not bad. Shoppers, do note - the place is uncomfortably cold. What a waste of energy. So with Oprah, a new camera and a couple of stationery items (who can resist stationery??), we left.